Mission record
Soyuz 2.1a/Fregat-M | Kanopus-V No.3 & Kanopus-V No.4
Trajectory & orbital insertion · playback
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Provider
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
Provider type
Government
Orbit
SSO
Mission type
Earth Science
Launch site
Russia
Date
Thu, 01 Feb 2018 02:07:18 GMT
Orbital launch #
#5720 ever
Mission
Kanopus-V is a series of small remote sensing satellites, dedicated to monitoring manmade and natural emergencies, detecting forest fires and major emissions of atmosphere pollutants. Its other uses are monitoring of agriculture, water and coastal resoures, land use. Each satellite weighs about 500 kg and is placed into sun-synchronous orbit, where it is planned to operate for about 5 years.
Deployed payloads · 5